Business

Professional Certificate in Business Studies

  • Domestic
  • International
  • Duration

    3 months full-time or part-time equiv.
  • Start Dates

    January, May and September
  • Location

    North Terrace Campus
  • Duration

    3 months full-time or part-time equiv.
  • Start Dates

    January, May and September
  • Location

    North Terrace Campus

About Degree

Upskill with business savvy

The capacity to adapt professionally has never been more valuable—and our new Professional Certificate of Business Studies provides an incredibly flexible catalyst for your career progress.

Add business savvy to existing specialist training and knowledge, upskill to improve your employability, or lay the foundations for more advanced study—all in less than a year.

 

What will you do?

Conducted over just six months part-time, the program will equip you with essential business- and management-related knowledge in your chosen field(s). You’ll choose two courses from a suite of 16, ranging from accounting and finance, to entrepreneurship, design thinking, marketing and project leadership.

You will graduate with the skills and confidence to:

  • apply coherent and developed knowledge of business-related concepts in diverse commercial contexts using critical thinking
  • apply effective problem-solving, design and decision-making methods to conceive and communicate innovative solutions to complex business problems, in a range of commercial contexts.

Depending on your course choices, you could also gain the ability to conduct basic data analysis to enable evidence-based, value-creating business decisions.

Where could it take you?

You’ll emerge ready to step up and play your part in the business setting of your choosing. You might use the qualification to complement other discipline-specific skills and training. It could give you a foot in a new industry’s door. Perhaps you’ll use it as a springboard into further business-related study, with a graduate certificate, graduate diploma, or masters.


Entry Requirements

Choose your applicant type to view the relevant admissions information for this program.I am a:

  • Domestic
  • International

    Domestic applicants

    SATAC Code3PC010
    DefermentYes - 2 year
    IntakeJanuary, May and September
    Selection Criteria
    Graduate entry


    Higher Education StudyA completed Bachelor's degree or equivalent.


    International applicants

    Not offered to international students.

Fees and Scholarships

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  • Domestic
  • International

    Domestic applicants

    Indicative annual tuition fees
    Australian Full-fee place: $9,250

    Where the standard duration of the program is less than one year the full cost of the program is displayed.

    Scholarships

    These scholarships, as well as many others funded by industry and non-profit organisations, are available to potential and currently enrolled students.

    International applicants

    Where the standard duration of the program is less than one year the full cost of the program is displayed.

    More information on International Student tuition fees.

    Scholarships

    These scholarships, as well as many others funded by industry and non-profit organisations, are available to potential and currently enrolled students.


Careers

Potential careers

Business Management, Business Representative.

Degree Structure

Example Study Plan

Indicative study plan
To qualify for the Professional Certificate in Business Studies you must select and complete satisfactorily two of the following courses:

  • ACCTING 7025 : Accounting Essentials for Decision Makers
  • COMMGMT 7003 : Family Business Fundamentals
  • COMMGMT 7004 : Advising the Family Enterprise
  • COMMGMT 7006 : People and Organisations
  • CORPFIN 7005 : Principles of Finance
  • CORPFIN 7033 : Quantitative Methods
  • ECON 7200 : Economic Principles
  • ENTREP 5036 : Entrepreneurial Concepts and Mindset
  • ENTREP 5038 : New Venture Creation
  • ENTREP 7020 : Design Thinking
  • INTBUS 7015 : Cross-cultural Management and Negotiation
  • MARKETNG 7104 : Marketing Management
  • PROJMGNT 5004 : Risk Assessment and Management
  • PROJMGNT 5021 : Project Management Fundamentals
  • PROJMGNT 7038 : Project Leadership and Communication
  • PROJMGNT 7047 : Systems Design for Projects


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